Bio-Based Corn Plant to Produce Polymers, Plastics and More

Tennessee plant under construction, will produce polymers for plastics, clothing and carpeting from corn, to create 50 new manufacturing jobs.

A new $100 million plant under construction here will create 50 new manufacturing jobs and help create a bio-based economy that will help reduce U.S. reliance on foreign oil by using renewable resources to make high-performance products and energy, DuPont Chairman and CEO Charles O. Holliday, Jr. and Tate & Lyle PLC Chief Executive Iain Ferguson said today.

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